Learn English with the News – Switzerland Experiences Chocolate Snow

Who said snow always has to be white? In a small town in Switzerland, chocolate company Lindt treated the locals to a chocolate snowstorm! Every child’s food fantasy, it was actually an accident in the production facility.
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The news is a consistent source of entertainment, knowledge and discovery that never ceases to exist and always comes out with more and more material each day. Because it plays such a vital part in our lives and is so important to keep up with, it is without a doubt a piece of your everyday routine that can’t go ignored.

Whether it is to understand the ramifications of recent legislation passed, to hear about recent events and grasp the potential consequences to your country, or simply hear about what is happening in other countries in order to compare them to what’s happening in yours, the news is certainly a staple in our lives and the most consistent way to get information.

This is why Scrambled Eggs has decided to unite two of your biggest worlds: learning English and keeping up with what is happening in the world. We hope our challenging daily exercises, composed of listening, vocabulary and comprehension exercises in English, will satisfy both of those above worlds in a satisfactory and also entertaining way.

So enough about introductions, let’s get to today’s Learn English with the News topic:

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Now that you’ve had a listen, let’s put your knowledge to the test with some of our vocabulary and comprehension exercises:

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Full Text:

“The residents of a small town in Switzerland were surprised when they began to experience some strange weather: Chocolate snow! On Friday 14th August this year, the Lindt factory in Olten, Switzerland, reported an error with its ventilation system. This error happened in an important area of the factory, where roasted cocoa nibs are made from pieces of crushed cocoa beans. The cocoa made its way into the fans, which was then pushed into the air by strong winds. This wind then helped the cocoa to cover the entire town. Pictures were shared on social media of cars covered in a light brown dust, as well as streets and windows. The company Lindt posted on Twitter: “Whoops! We made it snow chocolate dust around our factory in Switzerland. The vents are fixed now, but we have a few ideas for Christmas”. Lindt has offered to pay for any cleaning costs that should come up, but no-one in the town of Olten is complaining! The factory and the production of chocolate has continued normally since then, and Lindt said that the particles are completely harmless to both people and the environment, as they are made of completely natural cocoa. Many people on social media have joked about how it sounded like a dream come true, and many people said that they would love to move to Olten if something like this happens again!”